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messe NAPErsRs. PHOTO LTHQGRAFM R JOHN O. DUOKW'ORTH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., `ASSIGrNOR TO F. S. IIIGv d'. COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN POWER-LOOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,718.. dated January 28, 1879; application iled February 20, 1878. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN C. DUcxwoR'rH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain `new and useful Improvements in Power-Looms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part-of this specification.

. One part of this invention, which is more especially intended to be applied to looms for Weaving ingrain carpets and other fabrics in which the pattern is produced, wholly or in part, by changing the shuttles, consists in the combination, with two series ofrising and falling shuttle-boxes, arranged one in front of the other on either side of the loom, of a raceway moving back and forth between. positions opposite to each set of shuttle-boxes, and a comb detached from and moving independently of said raceway for beating'up the filling.

It also consists in the novel arrangement of the shuttle-boxes, their picker-openings, and their binders, in combination with a shuttleraeeway independent ot' the lay whichv carries the said comb.

It further consists in means, hereinafterpdescribed, for raising and lowering the two sets of shuttle-boxes on either side ofthe loom.

Another part ot' the invention consists in means, hereinafter described, for liberating the pickers in case of their failure to pass out of the shuttle-boxes before the rising-and-falling movement of the latter takes place.

Another part of the invention consists in means, herein after described, for producin g and controlling the operation of the pickers.

Another part of the invention consists in improvements, hereinafter described, in the stop-motion.

Finally, the invention consists in improvements, hereinafter described, in the mechanism for throwing the loom out of gear, .for reversing it, and for operating the brake.

In the accompanying drawings there is represented a power-loom for weaving carpets having all the improvements applied, the Jacquard machine and its attachments being omitted because their representation is not necessary to illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the central portion of the loom broken away to reduce the Width of the gure. Fig. 2 is a plan corresponding with Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 :is a side elevation.v Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken in a direction parallel with the warp in or nearly in the planes indicated by the line z z on Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken in or nearly in the planes indicated by the line .e x in Fig. 3. Fig. 5t is an enlarged detail view of one of the picker-guide spindles and its appurtenances. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken in or nearly in the planes indicated by the line y y in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a vertical section'taken directly through the center of the loom, as indicated by the line 'La w in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a vertical section in the line tot wr ot' Fig. .2. Figs. 3*, 9, 10, 11, llt, 12, 13, 14, 14%, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 are detail views, which will be hereinafter explained.

A is the ordinary main framing ofthe loom, having provided within or upon it the bearings -for the driving-shaft B, the main shaft O, the cam-shaft D, the crank-shaft E, and comb- ,lay rock-shaft F.

G Gr are fixed standards, arranged in pairs, one pair on each side of the loom, for receiving between them the shuttle-boxes and supporting certain portions of the mechanism fo operating the s'aid boxes.

H H and I I are the two sets of shuttle boxes, each set Il H containing or consisting of a number of boxes corresponding with the greatest number of shuttles intended to be used, and each set I I containing or consisting of any suitable number of boxes, according to the nature of the weaving to be produced. Two boxes, as represented, will ordinarily be sufficient in cach set I I 5 but a greater number may be employed, or only a single box in each set. For the sake of distinction, H H may be designated as the main shuttle-boxes and I I may be designated as the auxiliary shuttleboxes. On one side of the loom (the right side in the drawing) the main boxes are in front, and on the other side (the left side in the drawing) the auxiliary boxes are in front, the auxiliary boxes on either side being opposite to the main boxes on the other side.

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The boxes of each main set H H are arranged close together, one above. another, and connected, so that all rise and fall together, and are itted to slide in guides g g, provided onthe standards G G, the said guides being upright or slightly inclined, as shown, from a vertical position, and each set is suspended by a chain, j, from one of twobarrels, J J, the shafts J1 J l of which are arranged horizontally in suitable bearings on the upper part of the loom-fram in 0'.

The weight of each set is counterbalanced by a weight, JZ, suspended from a chain, je, which is attached to its respective barrel J, and passes over a pulley, jt, on the framing.

On the inner end of each shaft J1 is a wheel or disk, J 3, furnished with pins a and a on its opposite sides. f

The pins a are operated upon for the purpose of stopping the rotation of their respective shafts and barrels by means of T-headed stops J5, (seeFigs. l and 4,) the upright stems of which work in fixed guides b3. (See Fig. 4.) These stops are pressed upward against the said pins by spiral springs b, the said stops operating upon two pins, a', at a time, as sh'own in Fig. 4, to prevent the barrels from turning in either direction, but yielding to allow the barrels to turn in either direction when suitable force is applied to them.

vThe pins a a are operated upon to turn the barrels in either direction to raise 'and lower the shuttle-boxes by means of pawls J 4, of which two are provided for each wheel J3- one arranged on each side of the center ot' the wheel, and the two being pivoted at j?, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 7, to opposite ends of the T-head of a rod, J6, which slides up and down in ixed guides b2 and b4, attached to the loom-framin g. A

The front pawl, J 4, serves to turn the barrel in one direction, and the corresponding back pawl serves to turn it in the opposite direction, the turning in one direction eifecting the raising of the shuttle-boxes, and the turnin in the other direction effecting the lowering thereof', either pawl being brought into position to operate on the pins a, a, as required by the J acquard machine, or other pattern -producin g mechanism. The upward movement of the said pawls, by which they are made to act on the pins a ct to turn the barrel, is produced by a cam, K, (see Figs. 4 and 8,) on the crankshaft E, which operates on one end of an elbow-lever, K', which works on a fixed fnlcrum, c, secured in the framing A of the loom, and the other end of whichis connected by a rod, o', with the lower end of the pawl-rod J 6.

The pawls J 4 are each held out of gear from the pins u. a at all times, except when the barrel is to be turned, by means of a separate spiral spring, d?, (see Figs. I, 4, and 7,) the lower end of which is connected with the loomframing, and the upper end is connected by rods d* with an arm, d2, on a short rock-shaft, d, which works in suitable fixed bearings, and another arm, d', of which presses against the inner edge of the pawl to force the latter out of reach of the pins a a.

When one of the pawls is required to come into action the pull of its spring d3 is taken oli' by a connection of the rods d4 with cords of the Jacquard machine, and the pawl is left free to be pulled into gear by a spring, d5, which connects the two pawls belonging to either barrel J.

In order to prevent the possibility ot both pawls J4 belonging to either barrel from being brought into gear at once and thus causing the breakage of mechanism, the two pawls are connected together by-rods d, which keep them always at a proper distance apart. These rods dfi are slotted, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, at their connection with one pawl, to allow the necessary movement of one relatively to the other for either to come in or out ot' gear with the pins ct a.

In orderto insure the efficient action of the stop J5 upon the pins ct a. to hold the barrel secure, and thus keep the shuttle-boxes in their proper position at the time of throwing the shuttle, the spring b has its pressure increased at the proper time by a toe, d?, on the pawl-rod J6 pushing upward against the lower end of a sleeve, b1, which is iitted to the lower part of the upright rod ofthe stop J 5, and the upper end of which serves as a bearing for the lower end of the said spring b. This sleeve b works in a fixed guide, b2, (see Figs. l, 3, and 4,) attached to the loom-framing, and is furnished above the said guide with a collar, which comes to a bearing on the top of the said guide, and so forms a ixed bearing for the sprin when the sleeve is not lifted by the toe dT.

JI J 8 J 9j j are parts of a friction-brake applied to the wheels J 3, for the purpose of preventing the-barrels J from being turned too far by their own momentum and that of their appurtenances. rlhis brake, however, forms no part of my invention.

The shuttle-boxes ofeach auxiliary set I I are arranged one above another, and rigidly connected together to slide up and down in dove tail guides e @provided on the face and back of their respective set of main shuttle-boxes H H, asshown in Figs. l and 5, and also in the detail view, Fig. 9, which represents a vertical transverse section of the two sets of shuttlc-boxes and their appurtenances belonging to one side of the loom, and, as each set has its lrespective binders h h or t t and the openings for the pickers k on the outer side, the two sets are enabled to be brought close together without any or with the least possible space between them. Each set of auxiliary shuttle-boxes is connected by a stem, f, at the bottom, and a connecting-rod, f1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 9, with. the front end of one of two levers, L L', which work on fixed fulcrnms f2, (see Fig. 3,) and the rear end of each ot' which is acted upon to lift the boxes by means of one of two cams, L L, (see Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6,) on the cam-shaft D, the said cams bev ing so shaped and arranged as to lift and allow the descent of the boxes at the proper time preparatory to the shuttles being received by or discharged from them.

M is the vibrating or reciprocating shuttlc-raceway, having the reed M6 attached to it in the usual way. This raceway is supported at or near its ends, as shown in Figs. 4 and 8, and also in Figs. l() and 11, which arefpa-rtial sections of the loom taken parallel ywith the warp, by-being pivoted to the upper ends of a pair of vibrating arms, M1, each of which is 'attached by a pivot, m,to the loom-framing, and by having two rigidly.- attached arms, M5, which are connected with the upper arms of a pair of elbow-levers, M2, which work on iixed fulcrum-pins m, secured in the loom-framing A, and the lower arms of wh-ieh are operated upon by a pair of cams, M3, provided on the main shaft C, for the purpose of producing the reciprocating movement ofthe raceway back and forth, by which it is brought from a position opposite to the main shuttle-boxes to a position opposite the auxiliary shuttle-boxes Oneither side of the loom, and vice versa for changing the shuttles. These cams also operate on the ends of a pair of levers, M4, which are attached to the fixed fulcrum-pins m3, securedin the loomframing. Each lever MJX andthe lower arm of its respective lever M2 are connected together by a C-sliaped spring, m2, which tends to pull them toward each other, and keep the bowls which are provided on the lower ends of the `said levers M2 and M4 in contact with the periphery of their cam M3. rlhe forward movement of the racewa-y is produced by the action of the cams M3 upon theV elbow-levers M2, and the backward movementis produced by the action of the said cams on the levers M4, which transmit motion to the elbow-levers M2 through the connectin g-sprin gs m2. rlfhese springs yield to any obstruction to the backward movement of the lay that may occur by reason of the shuttles failing to enter the boxes, and thereby prevent'breakage, which might otherwise in such case occur.

lThe cams M3 are of such shape that they hold the raceway at each end of its stroke in a tXed position opposite either set of shuttleboxes long enough for the operation of throw- M ing the shuttle.

I may here remark that the mechanism for operating the raceway is not claimed as my invention.

N is the comb for beating up the weft, and N1 is the independent lay, to which the said comb is attached, the said lay being carried by vibrating swords N2, pivoted, as shown in Figs. 7 and 1l, to the .arms Fl of the rockshaft F. The said swords are also connected, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, by toggle-connections Fz F3, with fixed studs 12, secured in the loom-framing,r and the joint-pins nl of the said toggles are connected by rods F4 with the two cranks El on the crank-shaft E. rlhe rock- Ishaft F has also an arm, F5, (see Figs. 1, 6,

11, and 11%,) which is operated upon by a y grooved cam, F6, on lthe crank-shaft E. One side of this cam is shown in Fig. 11, and the other side of said cam is shown in a detached view, Fig. llt. The vibrating movement of the comb-lay for beating up the filling is produced by the action of the cranks'El upon the toggle-connections, and the upward and downward movement of the lay to produce the. entrance of the comb into the warp, and its withdrawal therefrom is produced by the action of the cam F upon the arm F5 of the rock-shaft. The toggle-connection is made to produce a double beat of the lay, the upward movement of the joint ot' said connection to a straight or rectihnear position producing' the rst beat, and the lay being pulled back a short distance by the joint of said connection being moved upward beyond the straight position, and again moved forward by the descent ofthe said joint to the straight position.

The comb N is constructed, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13, of teeth, which are secured. together by a bolt, n3, passing through them, and which have their bases of dovetail form to enable them to be secured between a dovetail lip, u, on the lay, and a dovetail clamping-plate, n, secured to the lay by bolts. rlhe particular construction ot or means of operating the comb do not, however, constitute parts of my invention.

0 O, Figs. l, 2, and 7, are the journals for lifting the mails, through which certain of the warp-yarns pass. These are arranged to work in upright fixed guides Ol on the loom-framj ing 5 but instead of being operated from above theyr are operated bytreadles O2, which are arranged in pairs below, each journal being connected with one pair ot' treadles by two rods, 0kl 0*, at its opposite ends. These treadles are operated by cams O3 on the camshaft D, one pair of cams for each pair ofv treadles and each journal.

y rlhis method ot' operating the journals, though described to elucidate the construction of the loom, is notxintendcd to be considered as part ofthe invention.

The pickers k, of which there are two on each side of the loom, one for each set of shuttleboxes, are each arranged to slide on two stationary parallel spindles, L1 k2, which are secured in brackets G', bolted to the shuttlebo'x guide-frames G G, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9. rlhe outer spindle, k1, of each pair is rigidly secured at its ends in its respective brackets G; but the inner one, k2, is held between centersas shown in Fig. 5t, which is a ,horizontal section, on a larger scale than Fig. 5, of the brackets and the guidespindlesk2 of one side of the loom. The ends of the vsaid spindles k2 are made rounded or conical to form male centers, and the inner end of each is received in a ixed female center, 7a4, in its' respective inner bracket G', and the outer one in a female center formed in therinner end of a yielding center plug, k3, which is litted to slide in and out in a bearing in the outer bracket Gf,

but which is pressed against the end ofthe spindle by a spiral sprng'coiled around the said plug. This spring and yielding plug hold the spindle 7a2 securely in position during the' proper operation of the pickers; but in case of the picker failing to be drawn out of the shuttle-box before the box rises or descends, the box, in its ascent or descent, will carry the head of the picker up or down with it, and so pull out the rod k2 fromxbetween the centers 7a4 and 7c3, and leave the picker free to swing on the spindle lt until, by the continued ascent or descent of the boxes, its head will be enabled to pass out ofthe box, or until the picker has been pulled out at the end of the box by the attendant. This pulling out of the spindle k2 from between its centers is permitted by the springing or flexure of the spindle itself, or bythe slipping back of the yielding centerplug 7c3. By thus providingfor the pulling out of the spindle k2 the sticking of the picker in a box is prevented from interfering with the ascent and descent of the boxes, and the ascent or descent of the boxes, if it should take place, is prevented from injuring the pickers or their appurtenances. W

The pickin g-sticks P Pt, two foreach side of the loom, are arranged one in front of the front set of shuttle-boxes and one behind the back set of shuttle-boxes, workin g on fixed pinsp pif', and the picking movement of both pickers on either side is produced by means of the two tappet-whe'eis P1 (shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6) on the main shaft G, the said tappet-wheel operating` on either one of two elbow-levers, P2 or Pm, (see Figs. 4, 5, 6,) according to which shuttle is to be thrown, the'said levers being connected with their respective sticks by straps P3 and PM, which pass around guide-pulleys P4, workin g on fixed studs attached to the loomframing. The said levers P2 and P2* are both loose upon the same short shaft, p2, Which constitutes their fulcrum, and` upon which they are so confined as to be prevented from moving longitudinally thereon, but as to be compelled to move with the said shaft when the latter moves lengthwise. The said shaft p2 is fitted to bearings in the loom-framing, in which it is capable of a longitudinal movement for the purpose of bringing the bowl which is attached to either lever within range of the tappct-wheel, according to which picker-stick is to be operated, or of bringing both levers to a position in which neither will be operated upon by the tappetwheel, and so as to prevent the cam from operating both sticks at once. The longitudinal movement of the said shaft is produced by one of two cams, P5, (shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 6,) which is attached to a bevelgear, PG, which turns freely on a xed stud, pl, secured in the loom-framin g, and receives motion from asm aller bevelgear,P7, on either end ofthe main shaft, and acts upon the said shaft p2 through a forked lever, P8, working on a iixed fulcrum, p4, one arm ofthe said lever being acted upon by the cam, and the other arm, which is forked, taking hold of a grooved collar, 195, on the shaft p2. This lever is visible in Figs. 1, 3, and is represented in a separate perspective view, Fig. 3*; but its relation with the cam P5 and the shaft p2 are best shown in Fig. 6, onone side of which the cam is shown jin section.

The backward movements of the pickersticks are produced by spiral springs p3.

Q, Figs. l, 3, and 6, are the shuttle-stop levers, working on fulcrum-pins q, and actuated through rods q2, connecting Y them with other levers, Q2, operated upon by cams Q1 on the crank-shaft E. The said rods q2 are furnished with spiral springs g4, to allow the levers Q to yield slightly when the shuttle strikes Ithe pickers. These shuttlestop levers and their appurtenances are not described as forming part of this invention, but only for the purpose of explaining the drawings of the complete loom.

The two protection-fingers r* r* belonging to the two back sets of shuttle-boxes are both 'attached to one long protector-shaft, Ri, (see Figs. 5, S, 9, 10, and 11,) which-extends all across the loom behind the raceway and shuttlc-boxes, where it is supported in iixed bearings in the brackets G 5 but as it would not be'practicable to attach the iin gers o" r belong ing to the two front sets of shuttle-boxes to a shaft extending all across the loom, the latter fingers are attached to two short protectorshafts, R R, (see Figs. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11,) which extend across the front of their respective set of shuttle-boxes, having fixed bearings at their outer ends in the outer brackets G', and near their inner ends in small standards R1 on the main framing A of the loom. These shafts R are provided on their inner ends with arms r1, which are connected by a pin-and-slot connection, r2, (shown in Figs. 1() and 11,) with corresponding arms r3 on a sleeve or hollow shaft, R2, which is fitted to oscillate on the shaft R* of the back protector, and which thus serves to make a connection between the two shafts R, so that the movement given to the front protector-finger, non the left-hand side of the loom will be thereby transmitted to the front protector-shaft on the right-hand side, where` the knockingAoi mechanism is situated. This connection of the right-hand protector -shaft R is also shown in the detail views, Figs. 14 and 15, of which Fig. 14 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 15 is an inverted sectional plan view taken in the line o o of Fig. 14. instead of the sleeve or hollow shaft R2, a solid shaft working in separate bearings at the back of the raceway may be used to carry the arms r3 for connecting the two protector# shafts R.

The means of connecting the protectors with the knockingoff lever is best illustrated in Figs. 8, 14, and 15, and is also partly shown in Fig. 1G, which is a sectional plan view taken in the line 0 o, Fig. 14. The `knoeking-oi lever S is attached, by its fulcrum-pin l, to the framing of the loom near the hand-leverS, which is employed to put the loom in and out of gear.- The upper end of this lever S occupies such a position that when the loom is in gear the hand-lever stands close in front of it. The lower end ot' the said lever S is connected by a pusher-rod, Z, (see Fig. 8,) with the lower end of a short lever, Z1, which hangs on a xed fulcrum-pin, Z2, secured to the loom-framing on the driving side of the loom, and to which a spiral spring, Z3, is so applied as to. tend to pull back the lower end of the lever S, and keep its upper end clear of the hand-lever. To a long pin, Z4, projecting laterally from the lower end of the said lever, there are attached two similar hooks, Z5 an d lst, the former of which is shown in Fig. 14, and both in Fig. 16. The hook Z5 is connected by a rod, Z9, with the arm r1 ot' the front protector-shaft, R, on the driving side of the loom, and the hook Z9* is connected by a similar rod, Z9, with an arm, r4, provided on the back protector-shaft, Under these hooks Z5 and is situated the T- shaped head Z9 of the upper arm of an elbowlever, S2, of which a perspective view is given in Fig. 1M. The fulcrum-pin Z7 of this lever works in a bearing in a hanger, S9, secured to the framing A, and the other arm of the said lever bears upon the knocking-oft' cam'S4 on the crank-shaft E.

NVhenthere is a shuttle in each of the boxes opposite to which the protectorfingers r r9 are situated, the said lingers are so forced out by the shuttle-binders that the arms r1 and r4 of the protector-shafts R R9 lift the hooks Z5 and Z5* out of reach of the T-shaped head Z9 of the elbow-lever S2, and the said lever is oscillated by the knock-ottl cani S4 without any effect on the knocking-off lever; but when a shuttle fails to enter one of the boxes, as it is required to do, and, therefore, the protectorlinger belonging to that box is not pressed back, the, arm rl or r4 of its respective protector-shaft is depressed by the action of the sp'iral springs 15 on the arms r9 of the protector-shafts R and Rit, as shown in Figs. 3

.and 9, the said springs connecting the said arms with the stop-levers Q, or with a suitable contiguous portion of the loom-framing. The hook Z5 or Z2*E is then allowed to descend low enough to catch the T-head Z9 of the lever S2, -so that as the said head is thrown forward by the action of the cam S* on the said lever, it pulls with it the said hook and the short lever Z1. The pusher-rodZ, which is attached to the said lever Z, then pushes forward the lower end of the knocking-olf lever S, and so throws back the upperfend against the hand-lever Sl, which, being thereby knocked off and liberated from the catch or notch provided for it on the loomframing, throws the loom out of gear by the action common to the hand-lever of powerlooms.

The same levers, S2 and Z1, and their appui'- tenances serve to operate in connection with Y the fillingstop by the attachment to the pin Z4 of the lever Zl of an additional hook, Z9, which is similar to the hooks Z5 Z592 except that its point is turned upward, as shown in Fig. 14,

instead of downward, like the pointsof Z5 The :means of lifting this hook'within range of the T-head Z9 of the lever S2 to effect the knocking-off will be presently explained.

The lling-forks T T and the forked racks V V of the filling-stop, one of each for each side of the loom, are attached to two small rock-shafts, t and c, arranged in bearings on or attached to the back ofthe raceway M, as shown in Figs. l1 and 14. One of the said forks and its corresponding rack, and portions of their rock-shafts t c, are also shown in the detail perspective view, Fig. 17. The said racks work through openings in the raceway M, as shown in Fig. 1S, which exhibits a transverse section of a portion of the raceway, and a side view of one of the racks and its corresponding` fork.` The rock-shaft c of the racks is furnished with an arm, c1, (shown in Figs. 17 and 1S, and in the detail plan view in Fig. 15, also in dotted lines in Fig. 14,) which is connected by a rod, c2, (see Fig. 14,) with the hook Z1", above described, and the said hook is connected by a spiral spring, @9, with the raceway. The effect of this spring is to raise the arm ol, and thereby to raise the racks V; and when the lling is not pressed down upon one of the said racks by its corresponding fork T, the said racks are held up y by the said spring so that the upper faces of the prongs of the rack are about even with the surface ot' the raceway. The tension of the springs c3 is only sufcient to hold up the racks V, permitting the rack to be easily depressed bythe action of the forks T upon the filling lying across the racks.

The forks T are depressed after every flight of a shuttle by the action of a cam, T1, on the crank-shaft upon an elbow-lever, T2, the fulcrum-pin t1 of which is fitted to a bearing in a rigid hanger, T3, secured to the loom-framin g. This lever T2 and cam TI and the connection of the said lever with the rock-shaft t of the fork are shown in Fig.11; but the cam and lever are more clearly shown in a partly-sectional side view, Fig. 21, and the form ofthe lever is shown in perspective view, Fig. 19.

The position of the cam- T1 011 the crankshaft is shown in Fig. 6 between the cam K,

whichope-rates the barrel J, and the shuttlestop cam Q1 at the left-hand side of the loom; The said lever T2, which has a spiral spring, t2, applied to it to keep it in contact with the cam, is connected with an arm, t2, on the forkshaft t; but in order to prevent an unyielding action of the said cam T on the forks, which would break the filling, the arm t9, instead of being directly connected with the said lever T2, is connected therewith by a second lever, T4, which works on a pin, t9, connecting it with the said lever T2, and which is connected by a rod, t5, with the said arm t2. This lever vT4 is connected by a light spiral spring, t9,

with an upwardly-projecting branch, t7, of the lever T2, which spring t9, except when the fork is pressing on the filling, holds the said lever T4 in contact with a shoulder, t9, on the lever T2; but in case of the loom stopping with the forks down the said spring allows the forks to be raised by the operator to permit him to put a shuttle in a box which is opposite the raceway. The said spring also allows the forks'to yield in case in the operation of the loom a shuttle or other obstruction gets under one of the forks when the cam T is operating to depress them.

Every time a shuttle has carried a shot of filling properly through the warp the fillingis laid over the rack V next that side of the loom where the shuttle is received, and the correspondingfork T, coming down on the iillin g, presses it upon the rack and causes the latter to be depressed, and thereby causes the arm el on the rockshaft fu to be depressed and the rod c2 to depressdthe hook Zw out of reach of the T-head of the elbow-lever S2, so that the said lever is inoperative on the knockingoff lever; butif the tillinghas broken or given out, the hook Zw will remain raised by the spring v3 and will be caught by the T-head of the le ver, and thereby caused' to pull forward the lever l, and, through the pusher-rod l, cause the lever S to knock off the hand-lever and throw the loom out of gear.

The movements of the fin ger-forks produced by the cam T1 and the lnovements of the raceway and comb are so timed' that when the raceway is in its backward position opposite the rear shuttle-boxes, and after the shuttle has been thrown across the raceway in that position, one of the lling-forks comes down upon the shot of filling thus carried through the warp, and the said filling, being grasped lightly between the said fork and its corresponding rack V, is carried forward with the raceway by the forward movement of the latter before the comb has risen up to the level of the filling and the latter has arrived in front of the range of the comb. By this means the filling is prevented from getting behind the heel ofthe fork, and so failing to move the hook L10 ont of the way of the lever S2, and the entrance of the comb into the shed of the warpon a line behind the filling is insured.`

In order to provide more eifectually for the above-described operation, and also to afford greater convenience for theinsertion. of a shuttle into the shuttle-boxes when the loom is stopped with the forks T T pressed down by the cam T1, and, further, to provide for making the said forks and the racks V V and their appurtenances operate under certain circumstances as a warp stop-motion, the said forks and racks are constructed and arranged so that their operative parts between which the filling operates have a space behind them wide enough for the' passage of a shuttle, as shown in Fig. 18, where a shuttle, Z, is shown in section on the raceway M, and the shanks or arms of the lfork in rear of its said operative parts are arched or bent upward to allow the shuttles to pass under them alongthe raceway.' By thus making room for the shuttles to pass the forks, the loom will in many or most instances be stopped in case of the breakage of a warpyarn, for by the said yarn becoming entangled with the other warp-yarns in front of the reed the filling will beheld back behind the heel of 'the forks, and out of range of the forks and racks, and the loom will consequently be stopped, as it would be by thel breakage or giving outof the filling.

This construction of the forks and racks to provide a space for the passage of the shuttle in rear of their operative pa-rtsis not in itself a part of my invention.

The drivin g-shaft B transmits rotary motion to the main shaft C of the loom by means of the small spur-wheel B' on the former gearing with a large spur-wheel, Cl, on the latter. Rotary mot-ion is transmitted from-'the main shaft C to the crank-shaft E by means of the spur-wheel Cl on the former and a spur-wheel, E2, on the latter, and from the main shaft to the cam-shaft D` by a spur-wheel, G3, on thc former and a spur-wheel, D3, on the latter, the Wheel E2 having half as manyteeth as G1, and the wheel D3 having twice as .many teeth as C3.

The driving-shaft carries the loose drivingpulley B2, which receives the drivin g-belt, and the said pulley is suitably formed, as shown in section in Fig. 5, to match with a frictionclutch, B3, which is tted to the said shaft with a feather, which prevents it from turning onthe said shaft, while permit-ting it to move longitudinally thereon for putting the drivingpulley in and out of gear. The said clutch is operated in a well known way by means of a lever, B, which is connected by a rod, B5, with the arm B6 of the shaft B7, which carries the hand-lever Sl. The driving-shaft has also fast upon it the bevel-toothed reversing-wheel lV, (see Figs. 2, 5, and 8,) and a brake-wheel, U, which' are shown vas made in one piece.

The brake-wheel and the brake U1 and its op"k erating mechanism are best shown in Fig. 22, which is a side view of its principal details, and is also partly shown in Fig. 23, which is a back view of the brake and reversing mechanism.

The brake U1 is pivoted at its upper vpart by a pin, u, to the loom-framing, and its lower end is connected-by toggle-joint al u2 with the arm a3 of a four-armed lever, UZ. (Shown detached in a perspective view, Fig. 24.) The fulcrum-pin u" of this lever is secured iu the `loom-framing, and its arm a5 is connected' by rod, u, with the lower end of a swinging arm, a7, which is pivoted to the loom-framin g, and which is also connected by a rod, n, with thc reversing-treadle Y iu such manner that thc depression of the said treadle by the foot of the operator to produce the reversing'motion, which will be hereinafter described, will pull forward the rods u and u8 and the arm a5 of the lever U2, and so depress the arm a3 thereof, which forms athird link to the toggle, and

thereby rproduce a downward fleXure of thejoint between the latter arm and the link u2 of the toggle, and so pull off the brake from the brake-wheel. The joint between the links kstop must be provided for the lever U2.

`lever U2.

-W4 and 75 are held back out of gear fromul a2 of the toggle is connected by a rod, a9, with an arm, B8, on the rear end of the handlever rock-shaft` B7, so that when the handlever is knocked oft', the spring S5, which acts upon the said lever to put the loom out of gear, also acts, through the shaft B1 of the hand-lever and through the arm B8 and rod a9, to produce the straightening of the joint between .the toggle-links u1 a3, and so apply pressure to the brake to stop the loom. At the time that this operation takes place the connection of the toggle with the arm a3 of the lever U2 must be absolutely incapable of moving backward, and therefore a suitable This might be provided`in various ways, but is shown as provided in away which can be better explained after describing the reversing mechanism.

`W1, Figs. 2, 5, S, and 23, is the reversingshaft, arranged at right angles to the driving-shaft B,.having its rear end secured in a small standard, W2, on the loom-framing, and its front end in a box, W3, fitted to the driv-` in g-shaft. .To this shaft there is fitted to slide longitudinally thereon a small bevel-toothed wheel, W4, to gear with the reversing-wheel WV, and to this wheel W4 there is secured a beveled friction-wheel, W5, to gear with a beveled friction-w heel, W6, which is secured to the loose pulley B2. These wheels W4 and NVS are connected with the forked arm uw of the Then the loom is running the bevel-wheels their respective bevel-wheels NV and W6 by means of a strong spiral spring, u, one end of which is attached to the loom-framing, and theY other end to the lower arm, uit, of the le-A ver U2; butwhen, after the stoppage of the loom, the treadle Y is depressed Vby the attendant, the rods u8, arm a7, and rod'u are thereby drawn forward. The lever U2 is' caused to push forward the bevel-wheels W*` and W5 into gear with the wheels W and VG. The loose pulley B2, turning freely on the drivin gshaft, is'caused to transmit motion, through the bevel frictionwheel W'G, to the corresponding wheel XV? and attached wheel WV* to the reversing-wheel WV, which thus produces the rotation of the driving-shaft in the opposite direction to that in which the loose pulley rotates. As the wheels W4 and W5 are thus coming into gear the downward flexure of the joint between the link u2 of the toggle and the front arm, a3, of the lever UZ pulls off the brake U1 from the brake-wheel, as hereinbefore explained, and when the treadlcis released the spring u acts on the lever U2 to pull the wheels W4 W5 out of gear, and at the same time to straighten the joint between u2 and a3 and again apply the brake. This spring, by its action through the lever U2 on the wheel W, presses the hub of the latter against the standard W2, and so provides the stop hereinbefore mentioned as necessary for the lever U2 to, make the connection between u2 and a3 immovable, thatit may yform a xed bearing for the toggle in the action of the latter upon the brake.

During the reversing,operatiit, as well as while the loom is stopped, the joint between the toggle-links u1 and u2 is straight, or nearly so; but when the loom is again thrown into gear by the hand-lever, the said lever, acting through its shaft B7 and arm B8 and the rod u, produces the upward ilexure of the joint between al and u2, and so pulls off the brake from the brake-wheel.

By the two series of brakeconnections made through the double toggle-joint, as hereinabove described, one brake is made to serve the purpose of stopping the loom both after running forward and after reversing, and the said brake is thrown off, both 'by the act of puttin g the loom in gear for running forward and by the act of throw/ing the reversing motion into gear.

I elaiml. The combination of two series of shuttleboxes, arrangedvone in front of the other on either side of the loom, a raccway moving back and forth between positions opposite to each set of shuttle-boxes, and a comb, detached from and moving independently of said raceway, for beating up the filling, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with a raceway independentof the lay, of two series of shuttle-boxes on either side of a loom, arranged close, or nearly close, together, and having their binders andthe openings for the pickers on their outer sides, substantially as and for the pur- .pose herein described. f

3. The combination, with the wheel J3, on the shaft of the shuttle-boX-operating barrel J, 'and the pawl-rod J6, carrying two pawls for -turning the said barrel in opposite directions.

of the stop J 5, the sleeve bl, on the rod of said stop, the tappet (Z7, on the pawl-rod, and the spring b, interposed between the said sleeve and the head of the stop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with thewheel J3, on

the shaft of the shuttle-boX-operating barrel J, and the two pawls J4, for operating on said wheel to turn the said barrel in opposite directions, of the spring d5, connecting the two pawls, and the slotted rods d6, applied between the said pawls to prevent both from coming into gear at lthe same time, but permitting either ,to come into gear, substantially as herein described.

' 5. The combination, with the pickers, of the stationary spindle kl and the spindle 7a2, arranged between centers, one of which is capable of yielding to allow the said spindle k2 to be pulled out of its place at either end by the picker, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

6. The combination, with two picking-stickoperating levers and a tappet-wheel on either side of the loom, of a sliding shaft, carrying the said levers, and means of moving the said shaft longitudinally, for thepurpose of brin ging either of said levers into a position to be operated by the said cam, and either or both out of said position, whereby the one cam `is made capable of operating either of the two pickingsticks, but is prevented from operating both at once, substantially as herein described.

7. The combination of the tappet-wheel P1, the sliding shaft p2, two pickin g-stick-operating levers, P2 122%, on the said shaft, the lever P8, the cam P5, the bevel-gear P6, attached to the said cam, and the bevel-gear l, on the same shaft with the tappet-wheel, substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with ,the filling stop fork or forks T of the loom and one or more ryielding racks, V, carried by a rock-shaft, t,

of a hook, Z1", connected with the said rockshaft, and a lever, S2, operated by a cani, S, on one of the continuously-rotating shafts of the loom, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

i). The combination of the knocking-olf cam S, the lever S2, and two or more hooks, l5 Z5* 110, connected with the protector shaft or shafts, with the yielding rack or racks of the illin gsiop and with the lever or device for knocking the loom out of gear, substantially as herein described, whereby the same lever or knocking-ofi' device is operated both by the protector and the filling-stop, substantially as herein described.

l0. The combination, with Jthe filling-stop forks T and the cam Tl and lever T2, for operating the same, of the yielding shouldered lever T4 'and spring t, connecting the said forks with the said lever T2, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

ll.. Thecombination, with a shuttle-raceway and an independent comb, having a reciproeating movement for beating up the filling, and a rising-and-falling movement for bringing the said comb up into and taking it out ot the warp, of yielding racks and filling-forks, and a cam so timed for operating the said forks that the latter will seize the filling and carry it forward in front of the range of the said comb, substantially4 as and for the purpose herein specified.

12. The combination, with the driving-shaft B and the loose pulley B2, of the beveltoothed reversing-wheel V, on the said shaft, the bevel friction-wheel W6, fast on the loose pulley, the bevel-toothed wheel W4, and attached bevel friction-wheel W5, and means of bringing the said wheels VW and W5 into gear with the wheels WV and W'3 when required for giving the reversing motion to the loom, substantially as herein described.

13. The combination, with the bevel frictiongear WG on the loose pulley, the bevel-toothed backing-off wheel YV, and the brake-wheel U on the drivin g-shaft, the attached bevel frictiongear W5, and bevel-toothed gear WW, and the brakeU, of thelever U2, connected with the said wheels W4 W5, and connected by a toggle with the brake, whereby when the said wheels VW VW are` thrown into gear the brake is withdrawn from the brake-wheel, and when the said wheels are thrown out of gear the brake is applied, substantially as herein described.

14. The combination of the hand-lever S', its shaft B", and arms B6 and B, of the clutchlever B, connected with the said arm BG, and

`the brake Ul, connected with the said arm B8 by a toggle, whereby the said bra-ke is thrown off the brake-wheel by the hand-lever when the loom is in gear, and thrown 'on the said wheel when the loom is out of gear, substantiallyas herein described.

l5. The three-linked toggle al u2 us, connecting the brake at one of its joints with the .hand-lever and at another of its joints with the reversing-treadle, substantially as herein described, whereby the same brake is made to serve for stopping the loom both after running forward andrafter reversing, substantially as herein described.

JOHN C. DUCIVORTH.

Vitnesscs HENRY T. BROWN, VERNON H. HARRIS. 

